I dont get like that with weights, but i sometimes do with other activites. Like if I were to go to the driving range or something, i'd feel ok the next day but the day after that is when my side would be really sore. I always thought that was weird.

It would probably be a good idea to post one of your workouts where this happens to you.

Here is a link to an article about DOMS. Some relevant passages from it are written below:

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For those starting a new exercise routine or learning a new sport, some muscle soreness may be felt from 12-48 hours following the activity. You may also experience muscle stiffness, fatigue and weakness. Rest assured, this is a normal response to unusual exertion as the muscles adapt to the new stress. Over time this adaptation leads to greater muscle strength and endurance and the same activity will no longer result in soreness. Delayed onset muscle soreness is generally the worst within the first 2 days following the activity and subsides over the next few days.

It is thought that delayed onset muscle soreness is the result of microscopic tearing of the muscle fibers.

The amount of tearing (and soreness) depends on the activity, the intensity and the time of the activity. Any movement you aren't used to can lead to DOMS, but eccentric muscle contraction (movements that cause muscle to contract while it lengthens) seem to cause the most soreness. Examples of eccentric muscle contractions include going down stairs, running downhill, lowering weights and the downward motion of squats and push-ups. In addition to small muscle tears there can be associated swelling in a muscle which may contribute to soreness.

You know it's funny, I also have been feeling more sore on the second day since I started my latest workout routine after a break. But it's been a while now, and I still have that effect.

I didn't use to feel this effect at all, it used to be the day after lifting I'd be a little sore, then the second day I would be all hypertrophied and feel pretty good, and the third day I would feel almost perfect, right on track to lift on the fourth day with full power.

The only major difference in my routine is that I now drink protein shakes! The major effect of the protein shakes, from what I have experience, is increased ability to increase weight workout to workout, and great increases in recovery for the evening after a workout and the day after...

Perhaps it is because the muscle is tearing down and rebuilding a lot by 48 hours...

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